Thanks for the advice. I might give these a try. :thm:
I take it you have more than one individual betta, so thawing a frozen cube is efficient for you?
What do you feed your betta?
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Thanks for the advice. I might give these a try. :thm:
I take it you have more than one individual betta, so thawing a frozen cube is efficient for you?
Nobody. My point was that, at a time when I have just the one fish, it seems wasteful. I was wondering if there are alternatives, such as freeze-dried worms that are packed loose.
That's what I would do, too. But do you throw the remainder out or do you have enough fish that the whole thing gets consumed?
Of course, this will be a moot point when the larger tank gets set up in a couple of months.
echoofformless
Peat Advocate & Defender Of Snails
Pretty much all of the available freeze dried bloodworms are packed loose and can be fed as much or as little as you like. Same with the plankton, daphnia, krill, etc. One thing to be careful with is allergies - freeze dried bloodworms make me sneeze like crazy if improperly (in other words, not very carefully) opened and closed.
BettaFishMommy
finkids make me happy :-)
why don't you try shaving a bit off of one of the cubes of frozen bloodworms? I have tried that and it works fairly well. once you pop the cube out of the package and shave (use steak/paring knife) off the bit to defrost, just wrap the rest of the cube up in saranwrap (i double wrap mine) until the next time you need it. sometimes i'll put the wrapped cube in a little container just to make sure no yuckies get in it from the freezer (i'm not as picky with my freezer being clean as i am with the fish tanks... lol) just make sure to wash hands good prior and after, so no yuckies get on food and in case you have allergy to bloodworms.
As for what i feed my bettas: each of the four get a couple Hikari Betta BioGold pellets in the morning with two or three little (i crumble them a bit) freeze dried blood worms. evening they get a few thawed frozen bloodworms and either a couple freeze dried bloodworms or one or two pellets. sounds like a lot but all four are quite active and i never have problems with bloated bellys, constipation, or swim bladder. the myth that bettas are lazy is totally unfounded. people only think they are lazy because they usually don't have room to swim in the little "torture bowls", therefore they don't swim.
And bettas are not picky eaters. i've only had my new female home for two days and she is already eating whatever is served to her, although she did have to eyeball the frozen worm for a minute, then gulp! and they are all housed in seperate tanks, so no competition for food. Bettas are not picky, my other female will even try to eat the little plastic stick i use to put the worms in the tank! lol.
As for what i feed my bettas: each of the four get a couple Hikari Betta BioGold pellets in the morning with two or three little (i crumble them a bit) freeze dried blood worms. evening they get a few thawed frozen bloodworms and either a couple freeze dried bloodworms or one or two pellets. sounds like a lot but all four are quite active and i never have problems with bloated bellys, constipation, or swim bladder. the myth that bettas are lazy is totally unfounded. people only think they are lazy because they usually don't have room to swim in the little "torture bowls", therefore they don't swim.
And bettas are not picky eaters. i've only had my new female home for two days and she is already eating whatever is served to her, although she did have to eyeball the frozen worm for a minute, then gulp! and they are all housed in seperate tanks, so no competition for food. Bettas are not picky, my other female will even try to eat the little plastic stick i use to put the worms in the tank! lol.
I feed tetra betta-min flakes once a day and once a week I feed freeze-dried bloodworms and both bettas fast one day a week.
Mine love frozen bloodworms, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, raw devianed shrimp, and krill oh and live black worms. Of coarse I have 7 tanks I split these between (not all betta). The blood worms seem to be a fav of all. I also give the pellets and sometimes flake food. You can try the freeze dried version of any of these though..they all do come freeze dried as well, mine are just spoiled now and turn their nose up at em.
echoofformless
Peat Advocate & Defender Of Snails
Are there potential issues with parasites, bacteria, pathogens and whatever with blackworms? I keep hesitating.
Just a two cents or less opinion: Hikari is grossly overpriced for what it is. Omega One and Ocean Nutrition use far higher quality ingredients and fewer fillers for less money.
Just a two cents or less opinion: Hikari is grossly overpriced for what it is. Omega One and Ocean Nutrition use far higher quality ingredients and fewer fillers for less money.
I feed mine flakes, Hikari bio-gold betta pellets, frozen blood worms, and misquito larvae (in season)
cbwmn
cbwmn
Tetra BettaMin and every so often Tetra Blood Worms for my male betta. My female betta eats the Tetra tropical flakes I use in my community tank (as that is where she resides).
